Natalie Geisenberger – Credit: Getty Images At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Germany swept all four luge disciplines for the second time since the team relay event was introduced at Sochi 2014. In a thorough display of dominance, Germany earned gold ...
Chris Mazdzer – Credit: USA Today Doubles luge can look easy on television, but in reality it’s like two people dancing on a knife’s edge — and no dance is identical. On Day 12’s episode of The Podium, 2018 silver ...
Natalie Geisenberger – Credit: Getty Images WATCH THE LUGE MEDAL EVENTS IN FULL: MEN’S SINGLES RUNS 3 AND 4 WOMEN’S SINGLES RUNS 3 AND 4 DOUBLES ALL RUNS After winning both singles as well as the doubles competition, Germany is ...
Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt – Credit: Getty Images After cleaning up the luge singles competitions, Germany now seeks to dominate doubles. Four years after PyeongChang 2018, pairs Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt and Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken are still ...
Johannes Ludwig – Credit: Getty Images LUDWIG AND KINDL DOWN TO THE WIRE FINAL RESULTS AND STANDINGS LUGE MEN’S SINGLES MEDALISTS AT THE 2022 WINTER OLYMPICS: GOLD: Johannes Ludwig (GER), 3:48.735 SILVER: Wolfgang Kindl (AUS), 3:48.895 BRONZE: Dominik Fischnaller (ITA), 3:49.686 It came down ...
Chris Mazdzer – Credit: Getty Images THE MEDAL RACE DAY 1 RESULTS AND STANDINGS HEATS 1 & 2 RECAP In all likelihood, the first and second men’s singles heats probably narrowed the opportunity for gold to the top three athletes ...
Johannes Ludwig – Credit: Getty Images LUDWIG SPEEDS TO COURSE RECORD RESULTS That didn’t take long. The first to race, Austria’s Wolfgang Kindl immediately kicked off the luge men’s singles competition with a track record: 57.110 seconds. Kindl’s record lasted ...
Jacqueline Loelling – Credit: USA Today By John Eric Goff, Professor of Physics at Lynchburg University Speed alone may be the factor that draws many sports fans to the bobsled, luge and skeleton events at this year’s Winter 2022 Olympics. ...
Chris Mazdzer – Credit: USA Today The reigning silver medalist from the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, Chris Mazdzer is about to sled feet-first into his fourth Games. NBC and Peacock will be there to cover him steer and slide from start ...
Johannes Ludwig – Credit: Getty Images MEN’S SINGLES, FIRST AND SECOND RUNS Imagine zooming down the world’s fastest, slipperiest slide at 80 miles an hour. Except the slide is a mile of sharp turns, stiff sidewalls, and steep slopes, and ...